Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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The grand fin ale wa s a sto ry book In hon or of the Bicenten nial the , e nd in g to th e Open G.P, race invo lving skies o f Te xas opened up and Hon da 500 'mounte d Dave Ro binson of poured down rain on Jul y 4th. It Ft. Wor th . Triumph Bonneville rider was a b umme r for fireworks freaks J on Min onno o f Dall as and Paul "Ha gm an" St ephenson o f Farme r's but what bothered th ernernber s of the Branch. Texas. Ste p he nson defini tive ly Cen tral Ro ad Racing Clu b wa s th at six , ~ holeshot the p ac k. da ys later it hadn 't sto pp ed rain ing. On " I d o n' t go very fa st. " Ho gman sa id . th e 10th o f Jury I fo u n d m yself wedged "I jus t ge t t he b ike o u t in fro nt a t th e into th e b ack seat of Lou Linden's Capri be ginning and then [ p u tt aro u nd real on the way to Oak lIilI Ra ceway, a m er e slow. Goin g fast scares m er' (by Texas st an d ar d s} 240 miles fr om " 100 yards behind St ephenson 's D&D Au stin . Needle ss to say 1 was Performance Honda four Min onno, th e dumbfounded whe n the C,R.R.C. leader 'and cu rre n t C.R.R.C . poin t cha irm an looked up at th e sky, (or at Robinson . cu rr en tly fift h in po in t least as much of it as one co uld see st an di ngs battled fu rio us ly for second through th e downpour) and th en turned place. On th e sixth la p of t he seven lap t o me and said, "It's go in g t o be a lovely e ven t Minonno's Bonn y be came ' day tomorro w ." 1 w as incre dulous, The n oticeably slower and Robinson passed last weather report 1 had seen stressed h im takin g what seemed fin al hold o f not so much the 60 peicent ch ance o f th e second spot as the Dallas rider rain for th e July 11 th ra ce d at e as it did dropped back steadily. But the fates the webs that were growing between th e were not t o have i t. On the seventh and we atherman 's to es! . • The next da y was even more amaz ing final lap Rob inson 's Bill Kin g-t uned because Linden '5 prediction cam e true! four ac cele ra ted out of turn ' nine The sun didn't co m e mit from behind pouring out hu ge clouds of sm oke and th e. clouds as th e C:R.R.C.'s resident stopped de ad in the w ater at th e apexof . ex -U.S .A.F. meteorologist. Dennis tum ten. Min onn o , his Big D Triumph Kalrnust said it would. Meteoro lo gy (as running on one cy linde r was p assed b y K almus always co ncl udes his B.l\U\'. mounted Dan Mo rrison as th e y predictions) is n ot an exact sceie nce, went by th e d ejecte d Robinson. The In what' was clearl y th e h ar des t stout he art ed Bonrievill e finally, gave up th e ghos t in t he last tum of th e las t lap fo ugh t wheel t o wheel duel in C.R. R.C. b ut the 5'5" 13 0 pound T exan hadn't , h istory, Freddie Spe n cer and Gen e . As soon as he entered t he straight Hornot , both of ' Shre vep ort , Louisian a l\!in onno leapt off th e dis abled m ach in e le ft the rest o f the 4 10 Pr odu cti on pack r sw a d ic· roc ed ed to ush its over 400 d CRRC road race; Spencer, Hornot & Hogman - • • 1- in po und bu lk th e las t 50 yard s to the fini sh line b eating newcome r Warren , Egger o ut of' third p lace by bare inche s, As he ' walked t o the pit s I asked hi m over the stan d ing ap p lau se . o f - th e ' sp ec t at ors what hi s im pressio n o f th e ' rac e wa s. lie replied. "pant. pa~ t, gasp. wheeze. ,. • Experts night at .' MCRaceway By Maril yn Beit ler O KLA HO MA CITY , OKLA .. JULY 10 Two hu ndred and seve n tee n rid ers turned o ut for the Satu rday nigh t races at Mo torcycl e Raceways. There wa s a large crowd of spectato rs as the race s gu t o ff to a fas t start in the Open Expert ra ce . Chris Cunnin gham was ahe ad of th e pa ck on hi s new R~l 370. As each lap passed Cunningham go t farther ahead o f th e sec o n d pl ace finisher Carles Cooper (Pen) . Cunningham went on to win the first moto at Teast 3 0!} feet in front o f Cooper who finished second. , The second mota wasn't an ything like th e first. Co oper got the holeshot and held the lead, while Jim Thomas (Suz) , Clarence Fortney (Yam), ' and Cunningham battled it out for a se cond pl ace finish r Cooper won the second moto with Fortney c o min g . in second ' w ith Cunningham and Thomas on his tr ail the wh o le time. In th e 25 0 Expert race there were close to 3 0 rid ers compe ting. There were several riders wh o ca me down from Tulsa io ride in the Expert ra ces. Carleton Curtis (Bul) too k first place mo ney in the 250 Expert ra ce with G reg Prestize (Y am and St eve Will ar d S uz l ta king second and thi rd in th e race , The 12 5 Novice race had over 3 0 b ike s lined up fo r th e firs t mota , Mike Crowle y on 'h is Rl\! 125 runn in g a way with the lead. Pau l Ree d t oo k second place. The Powder Puff class turned ou t st ro ng with Kim McGraw taking firs t pl ace honors in both motos. Following in second place was her sister Sissy Hill (Ya m ), with Galene Stephens (SUL) giving them a go o d race for third pl ace . Followi ng in fourth was Susan Standridge on her CZ . • Resu lt s in Results Se ction. Night MX lives at Mansfield By Dave Nielsen MA NS FIELD , TEX.,J ULY 2 As they do every Friday night, the Mansfield madmen had at it again with a good crowd on a balmy summer evening. The scrambly, bl ac k dirt cou rse is a knob ea ter for su re , but the main objective is fun, beer guzzlin ", and laying back in th e 'gran ds tand s rooting for your favorite motycrosser. One of the few b lack ra cers going in ". the D· FW area is really starting to lean on the 100 class, as tonight J ay Re cord (Yam ) took it with a pair of seconds over mota winners Bob Otting and Mike Hawkins. The e n tr y list sports some of the cross country cro wd , who do that on Sunday , but show up a t "the Big M" on Fri day , CC man Bo b Pauken stormed the' Over 3 0 group with his 17 5 Mono. Yamaha, acing John Densmore an d Don Bar tl ett in a sweep . There 's also some hot shoeing' in the tw o bicycle classe s. toni ht taken bv 37

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